But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty.

Upon the union of the male germ cell with the female egg cell, a new cell is created which almost immediately splits into two parts. One of these grows rapidly, creating the human body of the individual with all its organs, and dies only with the individual.

History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own?

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